TICKS DISEASE, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

TICKS DISEASE, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF TICK-INDUCED STRESS IN GRAZING ANIMALS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

STRESS AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

IMMUNE FUNCTION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

INNATE IMMUNITY IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT

INTESTINAL MICROBES

FECAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY

TICK ATTACHMENT AND FEEDING

TICK-INDUCED IMMUNO-SUPPRESSION

THE EFFECT OF TICKS ON INDICATORS OF STRESS AND METABOLISM

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 2 TICK SALIVA-MEDIATED IMMUNOMODULATION OF THE VERTEBRATE HOST

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

IMMUNOMODULATORY PROPERTIES OF TICK SALIVA

SALIVA-ASSISTED TRANSMISSION OF PATHOGENS

LYME DISEASE AND ANTI-TICK VACCINES

TICK-DERIVED MOLECULES IN THE TREATMENT OF HUMAN DISEASES

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 3 MODELLING THE POPULATION DYNAMICS OF EUROPEAN TICK IXODES RICINUS: EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF VARIABLE ABIOTIC, BIOTIC AND CONTROL FACTORS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 4 TICKS INFESTING DOMESTIC AND WILD ANIMALS THE TROPICS (ETHIOPIA) AND THEIR POSSIBLE ROLES IN DISEASE TRANSMISSION

ABSTRACT

1. INTRODUCTION

2. GENUS AMBLYOMMA (KOCH, 1844)

3. GENUS APONOMMA (NEUMANN, 1899)

4. GENUS BOOPHILUS (CURTICE, 1891)

5. GENUS HAEMAPHYSALIS (KOCH, 1844)

6. GENUS HYALOMMA (KOCH, 1844)

7. GENUS RHIPICEPHALUS (KOCH, 1844)

8. GENUS ORNITHODOROS

9. GENUS ARGAS

10. GENUS IXODES (LATREILLE, 1796)

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 5 MANAGEMENT OF TICK-BORNE CANINE BABESIOSIS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LIFE CYCLE OF BABESIA SPECIES

TICK VECTOR FOR CANINE BABESIOSIS

NON-TICK TRANSMISSION

PREVALENCE AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION

PATHOGENESIS

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

DIAGNOSIS

PROGNOSIS AND RISK FACTORS

IDENTIFICATION OF BABESIA SPECIES

TREATMENTS

PREVENTION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 6 THE ROLE OF TICKS AND TICK CONTROL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CUTANEOUS DERMATOPHILOSIS IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

TICK INFESTATION AND CUTANEOUS DERMATOPHILOSIS

THE TICK: AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM

TICK CONTROL IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CUTANEOUS DERMATOPHILOSIS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 7 ACARICIDE RESISTANCE OF SINGLE AND MULTI-HOST TICKS AND COMPARISON OF IN VITRO LARVAL AND ADULT TICK BIOASSAY METHODS

1. ABSTRACT

2. ACARICIDE RESISTANCE OF SINGLE AND MULTI-HOST TICKS

3. IN VITRO LARVAL AND ADULT BIOASSAY METHODS TO DETERMINE ACARICIDE RESISTANCE AT COMMERCIAL DAIRY FARMS

4. GENERAL DISCUSSION

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 8 EXPERIENCES ON THE CONTROL OF CATTLE TICK RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS IN MEXICO

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

OCCURENCE OF RHIPICHEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS IN MEXICO: AN OVERVIEW

BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL METHODS OF TICK CONTROL

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 9 BIOCONTROL OF THE CATTLE TICK RHIPICEPHALUS (BOOPHILUS) MICROPLUS BY THE ACARICIDAL FUNGUS METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

BIOCONTROL OF TICKS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

CHAPTER 10 DERMOSCOPY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF TICK-BITE LESIONS IN HUMANS AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE INVOLVED TICKS

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

LIFE CYCLE OF TICKS

CLINICAL FEATURE OF LESIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TICK-BITE AND TICK REMOVAL

ENTODERMOSCOPY

TICK-BORNE DISEASES

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

INDEX